Bird Osteology Quick Links

https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/29388-personal-osteological-collection-reference-master-list
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28537-pelvises-from-osteology-for-the-archaeologist-stanley-j-olsen
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28542-sternums-from-osteology-for-the-archaeologist-stanley-j-olsen
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/32045-avian-osteology-terminology-master-list

https://www.inaturalist.org/comments?mine=true

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Osteopetrosis-observed-in-a-hen-skeleton-a-sternum-b-wing-bones-and-c-leg-bones_fig5_237212653

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Wing-bones-of-Fiji-rails-Vitirallus-watlingi-MNZ-S37138pt-B-E-H-J-and-MNZ-S37545_fig2_230601232

John Rochester's bird skeletons:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jrochester/albums/72157651043869057

PDFs:
https://laboratorioarqueozoologiauaslp.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/olsen-1979-the-american-mastodon-and-the-woolly-mammoth-north-american-birds-skulls-and-mandibles-and-birds-postcranial-skeletons.pdf
http://www.unife.it/interfacolta/lm.preistoria/insegnamenti/evoluzione-degli-insiemi-faunistici/materiale-didattico/atlanti-osteologici/bird-osteology-1996.pdf

Suliformes:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28819-suliformes-osteology-reference-master-list

Pelecaniformes:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28821-pelecaniformes-osteology-reference-master-list

Loons and Grebes:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28822-loons-and-grebes-joint-osteology-reference-master-list

Gruiformes:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28823-gruiformes-osteology-reference-master-list

Charadriiformes:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28826-charadriiformes-osteology-reference-master-list
shorebird vs tubenose sternums, tubenose top, shorebird bottom:
https://i.imgur.com/xM62JMN.jpg

Waterfowl:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28818-waterfowl-osteology-reference-master-list

Tubenoses:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28824-tubenoses-osteology-reference-master-list

Landfowl
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28820-landfowl-osteology-reference-master-list

Owls:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28827-strigiformes-osteology-reference-master-list

Falcons. Accipitriformes, and New World Vultures:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/28828-falcons-and-accipitriformes-joint-osteology-reference-master-list

Perching Birds:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/29384-perching-birds-osteology-reference-master-list

Piciformes:
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/29385-piciformes-osteology-reference-master-list

Coraciiformes:
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/29386-coraciiformes-osetology-reference-master-list

Doves
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/29387-columbiformes-osteology-reference-master-list

Penguins:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/31133-penguin-osteology-reference-master-list

Storks:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/31134-stork-osteology-reference-master-list

Apodiformes:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/31135-apodiformes-osteology-reference-master-list

Nightjars:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/lizardking/29389-caprimulgiformes-osteology-reference-master-list

Flamingos:
Chilean flamingo: http://www.clemson.edu/science/departments/biosci/research/museum/exhibit8/index.html

Parrots:
yellow macaw (Ara ararauna)
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Photograph-showing-dorsal-view-of-the-pelvic-girdle-of-blue-and-yellow-macaw_fig1_337913862
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Gross-anatomical-studies-on-the-sternum-of-blue-and-Sathyamoorthy-Churchill/b2c1de007ef74301312e4172105201e3ca0ab98f
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5622/a644d668ab39d66edd1c12138564a8be37e2.pdf
Yellow-crowned Parrot:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/301a1ed35-d50b-4c7b-ba17-e3cbe8880647
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37c9d8645-b7cf-4fb0-ac96-17e87ac0cca2
Carolina Parakeet:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cfa5a283-2ebb-4df0-931b-09111f38007b
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d3fa8dff-8e38-4b06-92ca-c1b866173513
Chatham Island kaka
http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/chatham-island-kaka
Lovebird
http://www.clemson.edu/science/departments/biosci/research/museum/exhibit8/index.html

Toucans:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d97d67b7-f0c0-4b19-b8e4-da92e6171dcb

Hornbills and Hoopoes:
Writhed hornbill: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3db15d770-c3ee-4c16-9b2b-3c6914174197
Abyssinian ground hornbill:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e8fe5fa3-86d1-4d18-b198-c2a47ee40228
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/392629fc3-ef71-4678-8dfb-ed61d00f0c75

Cuckoos:
Asian koel:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3157599ba-cfe6-47b9-b42f-7812687abf74
Yellow-billed cuckoo:
http://www.clemson.edu/science/departments/biosci/research/museum/exhibit8/index.html
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Gross-morphological-studies-on-the-sternum-of-hawk-Botlagunta-Mh/17b6f4b589d290f9c8c18c05d7c12d1574d26d98

Eurypygiformes:
Sunbittern: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ed5af206-47f9-4da9-82b1-1126ff2e6c76
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33d877c04-e723-40b9-95ac-bf6c96138f11

Kiwis:
Southern brown kiwi:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393a79a7b-b40d-49da-9b2e-ed2b8a9252d3
North Island brown kiwi:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39fea0c12-bf0d-43b5-b2af-9ead708ff73f

Cariamiformes:
Red-legged seriema:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3729fb92b-b02e-4b23-be22-b925fc7e7240
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35fb4206b-4a6e-4ca5-88f1-2e8514aa0815

Casuariiformes:
Southern cassowary:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fce4f052-2d49-42b1-9506-8cdf0b76a51b
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36dfeae3a-dc9c-4074-9dfb-8437129f2691
Emu:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/369d29a3c-204e-4e61-8e94-9f9c5ec574e9
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/371d53717-63dd-4f4d-85a8-1f6baf78a61f

Mousebirds:
Speckled Mousebird:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/399cd7a0f-662a-45ea-8682-54bcb3553ba2 (skeleton)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31ec45298-4a6b-47fc-95ad-5e7581e92e0a

Turaco:
Western plantain-eater:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/368d4830b-cd74-47ec-9980-bf559c3829d9
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/368bba5b1-98ef-433d-83ef-8ea08a810668
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33bbe862c-3d43-485d-b461-79e1ddc9c3b7

Tinamou:
Elegant crested tinamou:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f3b387f0-f220-4301-b185-48698c005cef (skeleton)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3847db673-a964-444b-9647-7bff5674ad17

Cuckoo roller:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c9e2a4fb-d13d-4781-921d-021be84b8cf3

Mesites:
Subdesert mesite:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b8f23d17-779a-4c9a-926b-74b1950ceaf6
White-breasted mesite:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3657dfb1e-cc9a-4f77-b7bb-f3d5c65de2ff

Bustards:
Denham's bustard:
Sternum: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/320b47346-812d-4468-8c7e-4357f03d387d
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31cfdb008-6dc4-4f67-b509-ff76e19d3a19 (leg)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/334d2e545-688d-4dac-89f5-297468d06b79 (skeleton)

Hoatzin:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f4c04d46-5811-4ec6-a68d-7a5a72eacb02 (skeleton)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34b325792-897e-49da-9ca6-a699fcc2a169 (shoulder girdle)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3554cb0c2-87c0-4703-ab7b-639af53d374b (leg)

Tropicbirds:
Red-tailed Tropicbird:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f86c7c91-f7bf-4b50-9e64-566cea341cc4

Sandgrouse:
Black-faced sandgrouse:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ffb299ef-e4fd-45cb-95f4-9969e36b0234

Kagu:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b06f2e8c-3d1f-4a83-b4a6-ca17fd096c66

Trogoniformes:
Collared Trogon:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39ced1652-1004-4d1a-9d9a-0af47cee052a

Eurasian Hoopoe:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e53db6e3-eecd-41db-80d8-03c51aefca67

Barred buttonquail:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ebaf4d77-ddbd-4aa1-bb88-97531d890d63
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36a0a0317-4ee2-4000-80cc-b5fa4880cb22

Posted on August 10, 2019 11:51 PM by lizardking lizardking

Comments

Thank you so much for this!

Posted by claireb882 2 months ago

@claireb882 I'm glad to hear my resources are helpful, thank you for letting me know!

Posted by lizardking about 2 months ago

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